He gathereth the waters of the sea together, as it were upon a heap, and layeth up the deep, as in a treasure-house.

They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

The young lions suffered want and were hungry: and they seeking Jehovah shall not want any good.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.

I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.

And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

With the flatterers were busy mockers, who gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Their mouths were open wide against me, and they said, Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it.

There they working vanity fell: they were thrust down, and they shall not be able to rise.

Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

From Jehovah the steps of a man were prepared, and he will delight in his way.

For Jehovah love's judgment, and he will not forsake his godly ones; forever they were watched, and the seed of the unjust was cut off.

And transgressors were destroyed together, The latter end of the wicked was cut off.

For my loins were filled with inflammation, and no soundness in my flesh.

As for me, I was like a deaf man and heard not; as one that were dumb, not opening his mouth.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:

And mine enemies living, they were strong: and they hating me with falsehood were multiplied.

{To the Chanter, for praising, a Psalm of David} I said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I offend not in my tongue. I will keep my mouth as it were with a bridle, while the ungodly is in my sight."

Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

When thou with rebukes dost chasten man for sin, thou makest his beauty to consume away, like as it were a moth fretting a garment; every man therefore is but vanity. Selah.

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Lord my God, You have done many things—
Your wonderful works and Your plans for us;
none can compare with You.
If I were to report and speak of them,
they are more than can be told.

For evils even not being numbered encompassed about me: mine inquities overtook me, and I was not able to see; they were numerous above the hairs of my head, and my heart forsook me.

My tears were to me bread day and night, in saying to me all the days, Where is thy God?

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

For, for thee we were killed all the day; we were reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

The nobles of the peoples were gathered together, the people of the God. of Abraham: for to God the shields of the earth: he was lifted up greatly.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

As sheep they were laid in hades; death shall rule over them, and the upright shall come down upon them in the morning; and their rock for falling away in hades from a dwelling to him.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

When you saw a thief, then you were pleased to be with him, and you have taken part with adulterers.

To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: instruction to David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted; they made iniquity abominable: none doing good.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

They all drew back: together they were corrupt; none doing good, not even one.

Do not evildoers know, [they] who eat my people [as though] they were eating bread? They do not call on God.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

Then I said - Oh that there were given me a pinion, like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest:

If it were mine enemy that reviled me, I could bear it: or if one that ought me evil will did threaten me, I would hide myself from him.

He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me.

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Let them melt away as water that runneth apace: When he aimeth his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off.

To the Chief Musician. On the Lily of Testimony. A secret treasure of David, to teach; when he struggled with Aram-naharaim and with Aram of Zobah, when Joab returned and struck twelve thousand of Edom in the Valley of Salt. O God, You have cast us off, You have scattered us, You were angry; take us back.

How long will you threaten a man?
Will all of you attack
as if he were a leaning wall
or a tottering stone fence?

My soul is satisfied, even as it were with marrow and fatness, when my mouth praiseth thee with joyful lips.

But God shot an arrow at them, and they were wounded immediately.

When they were to have ruined another, their tongue smote themselves, All who observe them take flight.

Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

The lambs of the sheep were clothed, and the valleys shall be covered with corn; they shall shout for joy, they shall also sing.

You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.

You made men (charioteers) ride over our heads [in defeat];
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a [broad] place of abundance [to be refreshed].

For opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:

I cried to Him with my mouth, and exaltations were under my tongue.

Were I to cherish iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not listen to me.

O sing unto God, sing praises to his name; magnify him that rideth upon the heavens, as it were upon a horse. Praise him in his name Jah, and rejoice before him.

God maketh the solitary into families; those that were bound he bringeth out into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before God, the God of Israel.

Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

The Lord gave the Word; the bearers of it were a great army.

Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited; and they of the household divided the spoil.

God's chariots were many thousands. The Lord was there with them at Sinai in holiness.

The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

Those hating me were many above the hairs of my head: mine enemies destroying me by falsehood were strong: then I will turn back what I plucked not away.

O God, thou knewest for my folly, and my faults were not hid from thee.

My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner.

My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

I am become as it were a monster unto many, but my sure trust is in thee.

God, who can compare to you, who caused me to experience troubles that were numerous and disastrous? You will return to revive me and lift me up from the depths of the earth.

Even my tongue, all the day, shall softly utter thy righteousness, For they have turned pale - for they have blushed, Who were seeking my hurt.

The prayers of David son of Jesse were completed.

But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.

When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;

How they were for desolation as in a moment they perished; they were finished from sudden destruction.

For my heart will be embittered, and my loins were hard.

So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

Those who are opposing you roar where we were meeting with you; they unfurl their war banners as signs.

The sea was parted in two by your strength; the heads of the great sea-beasts were broken.

The heads of the great snake were crushed by you; you gave them as food to the fishes of the sea.

By you all the limits of the earth were fixed; you have made summer and winter.

Look to thy covenant: for the dark places of the earth were filled with habitations of violence.

There were the arrows of the bow broken, there he put an end to body-cover, sword, and fight. (Selah.)

Brave men were plundered while they slumbered in their sleep. All the men of the army were immobilized.

At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep.

I sought the Lord in my day of trouble.
My hands were continually lifted up
all night long;
I refused to be comforted.

Then remembered I the times of old, and the years that were past.

The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

Thy way was in the sea, And thy paths in the great waters, And thy footsteps were not known.

You were guiding your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Which have come to our hearing and our knowledge, as they were given to us by our fathers.

so that a future generation—
children yet to be born—might know.
They were to rise and tell their children

And not be like their fathers—
A stubborn and rebellious generation,
A generation that did not prepare its heart to know and follow God,
And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,
Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

They were not ruled by God's word, and they would not go in the way of his law;